A day in Shibuya

A few of us were bored the other Sunday, so we decided to take a trip into the Shibuya area of Tokyo to find a famous sword museum. We took an hour train into Tokyo, then another 20 minute subway train into some suburb of the area. Then, we walked around for 20 minutes trying to find the damn place that every person said was "just around the corner." Eventually, we gave up on finding the sword museum, but happened to stumble upon a Square-Enix store.
If you don't know, Square-Enix is the company that makes the Final Fantasy franchise. Me and the few buddies with me were in heaven. Here are a couple pictures from the store:





We didn't pay $10 each way to just go to a Square-Enix store, so we decided to walk around Shibuya. Shibuya is famous for being the shopping district of Tokyo. The area is filled with huge buildings and bright signs. My favorite part of the area is the crosswalk just outside the station. Shibuya is the home of the super busy crosswalk that most of you have seen in movies or on TV. It is the busiest crosswalk in all of Tokyo, and probably the world (although I can't confirm that). What is so interesting about the crosswalk is that people not only cross in the normal "Square" pattern, but also diagonally across the intersection. I took a picture or two and caught an overwhelming video of the scene that occurs every couple minutes.







After walking around for a couple hours, we decided to head back and maybe do some school work. After all, I'm still a student at a university with a full course-load.....